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Example sentences for: dire

How can you use “dire” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

If the order was disturbed, dire consequences inevitably resulted.
[Literally, In dire straits, a monkey will even eat chillies or Anything will do in an emergency.]
A: For heaven's sake, you made the same sort of dire predictions when we started charging for content a year ago.
The Washington Post and USA Today lead with the ongoing heat wave and resultant drought--though the heat is abating, the situation is dire for farmers in the eastern U.S.
For example, in three categories (sexual abuse, physical neglect, and emotional neglect), the number of cases described as "moderate" declined even as the number of "serious" ones increased--strongly suggesting that cases once viewed as only moderately threatening have now been "upgraded" to the most dire category.